home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Shareware Overload
/
ShartewareOverload.cdr
/
clipart
/
gs22.zip
/
README.PLS
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1991-06-13
|
3KB
|
98 lines
Ghostscript (gs.exe) is a program to view postscript files on a
computer display or print to a non-postscript printer. Many
thanks to the primary author of Ghostscript, Peter Deutch:
L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
ghost@aladdin.com ; ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; (415)322-0103 <<< new phone #
------------------------------------------------------------
This archive includes Ghostscript Version 2.2 built from the
distribution source to support the following devices:
Screen:
Borland BGI - requires Borland BGI drivers
VGA - Built in
EGA - Built in
Printers:
Epson - Built in (epson)
HP Deskjet - Built in (deskjet)
HP Laserjet - Built in (laserjet)
HP Laserjet IIP - Built in (ljet2p)
The Borland BGI interface can be used to view postscript files on
other types of video screens, for example:
Screen Type BGI Driver
Hercules herc.bgi
CGA cga.bgi
The .bgi files are not included in this archive in accordance with
the Borland license.
See use.doc on how to send a postscript file to a specific printer
device.
An assortment of postscript samples are included in the archive.
All the user oriented documentation from the Ghostscript source
is included in the archive.
I have tested the screen output in cga, vga and hercules modes,
but have not tested the printer output.
Newsgroup gnu.ghostscript.bugs contains discussion of ghostscript
issues.
1 Examples
Example to show golfer.ps:
gs golfer.ps > foo
> foo directs error messages from the screen to file foo.
Type quit to exit from ghostscript.
Example to show multiple postscript files:
gs pltfile.ps output.ps > foo
Note that after each picture a carriage return will go onto
either the next page or the next file.
2. Use after ghostscript is running
Within ghostscript, one can type any postscript command
(e.g. 1.5 1.5 scale to scale x and y by factor 1.5)
Within ghostscript, one can execute a new file:
(filename.ps) run
3. Hercules mode exceptions
Commands within ghostscript will be readable on the screen,
except in hercules screens, where the commands will have to be typed
"blind". If you get stuck on the graphics screen in hercules (e.g.
if you exit with a control-c), type
textmode
to return to a text screen.
4. Fonts
This distribution contains only the "ugly" font. All the
other fonts can be obtained by anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu in
pub/gnu, or they might be uploaded to simtel in a separate file or
files.
Best of luck... nate liskov nate@neutron.lcs.mit.edu
PS. My only contribution is the compilation of this archive and the
textmode.com program.